Photo: Matt Jones

Gemma Morsley

Primary Skill:

Mezzo-Soprano

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English

Experience

Opera

Carmen
Carmen (Bizet)
Rogue Opera
2024
Amneris
Aida (Verdi)
Guildford Opera Company
2024
Mrs Bear
Peace at Last (Joanna Lee)
OperaUpClose/Chickenshed Theatre
2023
Marcellina
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Bedford Park Festival
2023
Mrs Bear
Peace at Last (Joanna Lee)
OperaUpClose
2019
Gertrude
Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)
Arcadian Opera
2019
Zita
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Lunchbreak Opera
2019
Witch
Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck)
Lambeth Orchestra
2019
Flora
La traviata (Verdi)
King's Head Theatre, Islington
2018
Marcellina
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Dartington International Festival
2018
Larina
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
OperaUpClose
2018
Marcellina
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
The Merry Opera Company
2018
Grimgerde
Die Walküre (Wagner)
Grange Park Opera
2017
Ulrica
Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
West Green House Opera
2017
Soloist
Staged Messiah (Handel)
The Merry Opera Company
2017
3rd Flowermaiden/2nd Squire
Parsifal (Wagner)
Elemental Opera
2016
La Ciesca
Gianni Schicci (Puccini)
Fulham Opera
2015
Carmen
Carmen (Bizet)
Opera South East
2014
Maddalena
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Opera Loki
2014
Third Lady
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Merry Opera Company
2013
Flora/Annina
La traviata (Verdi)
The Merry Opera Company
2012
Second Lady/Second Boy
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
St John's Smith Square
2011
Dorabella
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Jacksons Lane Theatre
2011
Second Lady
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Zeist Festival, Netherlands
2008

Operetta/G&S

Fleta
Iolanthe (Sullivan)
Tarantara Productions
2017
Chorus
H.M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan)
Tarantara Productions
2016
Chorus
The Mikado (Sullivan)
Buxton G&S Festival
2012
Cousin Hebe
H.M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan)
Buxton G&S Festival
2012

Musical Theatre

Mrs Sowerberry
Oliver! (Bart)
Grange Park Opera
2016
Fruma Sarah
Fiddler on the Roof (Bock)
Grange Park Opera
2015
Margaret Iredale (Lead)
King & Country (World Premiere) (Brand)
Brighton Fringe
2014
White Witch
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Various)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2013
Cabaret
The Fingask Follies (Various)
Fingask Castle & Tour
2009
Lucrezia
Casanova (Godfrey)
King's Head Theatre, Islington
2009

Chorus

L'esule di Roma
L'esule di Roma (Donizietti)
Opera Rara
2023
Chorus
La princesse de Trébizonde (Offenbach)
Opera Rara
2022
Chorus
Il proscritto (Mercadante)
Opera Rara
2022
Chorus
Zingari (Leoncavallo)
Opera Rara
2021
Chorus
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Opera Ensemble
2020
Chorus
Tosca (Puccini)
Grange Park Opera
2017
Chorus
Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
Opera Project at West Green House
2017
Chorus
Don Carlo (Verdi)
Grange Park Opera
2016
Chorus
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Grange Park Opera
2015
Chorus
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
2014
Chorus
I gioielli di Madonna (Wolf-Ferrari)
Opera Holland Park
2013
Chorus
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Opera Holland Park
2013
Chorus
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Opera Holland Park
2013
Chorus
Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
Opera Holland Park
2013
Chorus (cover Hebe)
H.M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan)
The G&S Opera Company
2012
Chorus
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
Oyster Opera
2010

Oratorio/Concerts

Soloist
A Night at the Opera (Various)
London Concertante
2023
Alto Soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Ealing Abbey
2022
Mezzo Soloist
Requiem (Verdi)
Wooburn Singers
2019
Mezzo Soloist
Serenade to Music (Vaughan-Williams)
Monkton Combe Choral Society
2018
Alto Soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Woodside Singers at Romsey Abbey
2017
Chorus
Semiramide (Rossini)
BBC Proms
2016
Soloist
New Year's Eve Gala (Various)
St Martin-in-the-Fields
2016
Mezzo Soloist
Baroque Concert Tour (Various inc. Handel, Bach, Vivaldi)
European Baroque Ensemble
2015
Fruma Sarah
Fiddler on the Roof (Bock)
Royal Albert Hall, BBC Proms
2015

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Awards

Dartington Financial Assistance Award

Grange Park Opera Scholarship